Object Number 1960.0621 A, B

Object Name

Bowl and cover

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Possibly Pennsylvania

Date

1780-1830

Materials

Earthenware (redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Hand modeled, Rouletted (coggled)

Dimensions (inches)

5.375 (H) , 4.875 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.652 (H) , 12.383 (W)

Measurement Notes

OH with lid, OW between handles.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 198, fig. 190, noting "virtually identical bowls are in Mercer Museum of Bucks County Historical Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art."
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Somewhat similar form with manganese glaze attributed to John Nice, Montgomery County in catalogue for The Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley, April 20-21, 2007, p. 41, cat.no. 154.